In the brain, highly specific connections called synapses link nerve cells and transmit electrical signals in a targeted ...

A computer model developed by researchers from Japan and Seattle's Allen Institute could lead to new methods for studying ...

When thinking, the human brain performs a true masterpiece of information processing: around 100 billion neurons communicate ...

Scientists have discovered millions of so-called silent synapses in the adult brain, immature links between neurons that are dormant until they are needed for the formation of new memories. It had ...

A global team leveraged one of the world’s fastest supercomputers to create the most detailed digital simulation of a mouse cortex ever produced.

Striking electron microscope pictures from inside the brains of mice suggest what happens in our own brain every day: Our synapses - the junctions between nerve cells - grow strong and large during ...

Chronic pain is a daily reality for millions of Americans, interfering with their everyday activities and quality of life. An ...

Co-written with Jai Liester. Silent synapses represent one of neuroscience's most fascinating discoveries—connections between neurons that lie dormant until activated by specific triggers. These ...

Our memories are stored in brain connections called synapses. And according to a new Nature study, synapses aren’t permanent structures: They only last as long as the memories they store. The rest of ...

ASU researchers are studying how semiconductor memory technology can be manufactured in space and for applications in AI.

A team of physicists from Utrecht University in the Netherlands and Sogang University in South Korea have built an artificial synapse, the biological foundation of the human brain's ability to think ...